Groom's Troubles Goblin's Melancholy

Stepping out of the terrace, the fresh air with the aroma of trees and grass immediately fills the heart and spleen.There is a garden under the terrace, and the flowers, plants and trees are all covered with a faint brilliance.

The leaves sway in the breeze and make a rustling sound, which is harmoniously intertwined with the sound of water sprayed from the fountain. The gurgling pool water splashes fine droplets like fog, shining brightly under the misty moonlight.

This is simply the best background for a romantic comedy, but there are only two men who don't understand the style and try to avoid the socializing of the ball to enjoy it here, Truss thought ironically.

"Mr. John Manley." Truss called out.

"..." John was stunned, apparently he didn't expect anyone to greet him here.

"I am Viscount Truss."

"Sorry, I……"

John turned blue with anxiety, and Truss immediately responded with a relaxed smile.

"It doesn't matter if you don't remember me. It's a stunt to remember everyone in a short time. You can pretend to know and nod. Just ask Earl Sol in private." Truss winked at him.

"You needn't be nervous. I've heard about you from the Duke."

John, who was still pondering whether he should thank Truss, immediately tightened his nerves, and his eyes looked very wary.

In a flash of inspiration, Truss figured out what was going on.

"You and the Duke..."

Truss didn't have to finish the question, he knew the answer from John's stiff expression.

"Haha, I should have thought of it earlier." He spread his hands, pretending to be relaxed and said, "But don't worry, I won't tell others. Because now I am his sweetheart."

Compared with Truss, who was talking to himself, John was as serious as a statue. He frowned tightly, showing a puzzled look in his eyes. After a long time, he asked "Why?"

Even if John didn't make it clear, Truss knew that what he was going to ask was why he was with the Duke.

"Good question." Truss smiled.

"Actually, I don't know why. Everyone calls him the Devil Duke. Maybe he really has magical powers, and he can make me turn around with a wave of his hand..." Truss paused in the middle of his words, as if he was caught in a trap. think.

After a while, John looked at him without asking any more questions, but with a clear expression, he said:

"I know."

What do you understand?Truss couldn't figure it out.

"But I don't understand."

Truss continued: "I don't understand why you have the confidence to stay with Earl Sol? I don't mean to offend, but with all due respect, you are people from two different worlds."

Unexpectedly, Truss would suddenly say such words to himself, John froze for a moment, thought for a while, and said word by word;

"I know that we are people from different worlds. But as long as I can be with the master one day, I feel very fulfilled."

Hearing what he said, Truss' eyes dimmed immediately.

He understood John's words, there was nothing he couldn't understand, it was just obvious that he couldn't do the same himself.

He fled away from the terrace and returned to the crowded dance hall.But the candlelight was twilight and the figures were flickering, Truss suddenly found that he could not find where he was...

In order to welcome the guests attending the earl's dinner, the servants of Naveton Manor were very busy today.

They start cleaning stairs, stone steps, windows and aisles early in the morning.Of course, it is indispensable to shake the doormat at the door.

At noon, after a hasty lunch, I moved out the things in the corner downstairs to clean the walls.The water stains on the walls had just dried before the first batch of guests were ushered in.In addition to serving tea to the guests immediately, they have to prepare anything they need and be on hand at any time.

The kitchen at dinner time was as busy as a war, and the servants listened to the butler ordering the dishes to be delivered one by one.

When the guests are enjoying the gluttonous meals carefully prepared by the chef, a group of servants are already making the beds in the rooms of the guests who need to stay overnight; and when the guests are full enough to move to the ballroom, they immediately rush to clean the dining room, Wash knives and dishes.Then clean the steps that the guests stepped on when they entered the door, and even the door mat at the door, so that when the guests leave, they will see a clean and new hall.

The Naveton Manor had quite a few servants, but the maid Irina still felt very tired after finishing the day's work.

She wished she could immediately loosen her tightly coiled hair, take off the suffocating long-sleeved dress, fall on the bed in the servant's room and fall asleep, and then ask the handsome prince in her dream to take herself away from this extremely realistic place.

But before that, she needed to go to the kitchen to find a piece of dry bread to fill her stomach, lest she be too hungry to get up tomorrow.She was so busy tonight that she didn't even have time to eat dinner.

With the last of her patience, Elena forced her sleepiness to walk through the corridor. When she passed the back door, she almost thought she was dreaming.

A well-dressed gentleman appears in the servants' house.He was taking off his velvet coat, the buttons of his shirt tensed from his muscular chest.

Irina blushed and wondered if she should avoid it.But after thinking about it, no gentleman would walk into the servant's room in the middle of the night. This must be a dream. Since it is a dream, it doesn't matter if you look at it for a while. Elena decided to stand where she is boldly.

She even hoped in her heart that this was not a dream, but that the prince she had dreamed of had appeared before her eyes.She felt even more that she should not run away, but should go forward and accept it.Excited and scared, she quietly approached the gentleman, but strangely, the closer she got to the gentleman, the more familiar she felt.

Finally, Elena managed to see his face clearly under the dim moonlight by the window.

"John...?"

John was so startled by her that he almost fell to the floor.

"What are you doing here so late? Why are you wearing a gentleman's clothes?"

At this moment, John regretted that he didn't follow Saul's advice to change clothes in his room, but insisted on changing in the servant's house.He thought the servants should all be asleep.

Of course, apart from the fact that he didn't want to be found out to affect Sol's reputation, there was also the meaning that he was a little angry after playing the clown all night, but he didn't expect to be discovered by the servants.

"Did you secretly wear the master's clothes to play? You are so brave!" Yi Lianna was shocked by the unexpected discovery in front of her, and all her sleepiness disappeared.

"Keep your voice down, Irina, I beg you not to tell anyone else!" John didn't know how to explain, but asked the maid in a panic to keep it a secret.

Elena hadn't quite figured out what was going on, she just realized that this wasn't a daydream, and that this strong man in front of her looked like he had a real chance of becoming a Prince Charming.

"Okay, I can promise you, but you also have to promise to help me when I need it." Elena said with a smile.

John was very troubled.

He had been in a cold war with Saul all week because of his posing as a gentleman.He clearly said that it was only a small banquet, so he reluctantly agreed to satisfy Sol's wish, but he didn't expect it to be such a big banquet, which really scared him a lot.

But the so-called cold war is just that he didn't sneak to Sol's room after nightfall.As long as Sol didn't go to the stables to find him during the day, there was basically no chance for them to meet directly.

What bothered John even more was something else.It was the maid Elena who asked herself out again and again after that.He didn't want to go, but he had the handle in her hands and didn't dare to refuse forcefully.

John lay on the bed and sighed, staying on the simple bed and not wanting to get up.

"You lazy bastard, how long do you want to sleep!" The fat old lady rushed into the small attic with a rolling pin and yelled loudly.

"Mom...today is a rest day." John muttered helplessly.

"What happened to the rest day!? You don't have to eat on the rest day? People also eat bread on the rest day. The earl's house is closed, and the bakery in the earl's fief is not closed! Get up!"

"Okay, I'll get up and help you now." John sat up straight away.

"Just get up, I'll let you go today for the sake of being a lovely girl, and I don't need your help." The fat old lady smiled all over her face, and her eyes were almost flooded with a bunch of wrinkles.

John was bewildered with a mess of hair.

"When you get up, wash your face and change your clothes. How long do you want people to wait?" The fat old lady dragged John out of the room by the collar behind his neck, and said with a smile: "This kid looks so big and looks like a little boy." It's like a fart, but it makes the girl laugh."

Seeing Elena appearing in his home wearing a brand new dress, John woke up completely frightened.

Seeing his strange expression, the fat old lady asked, "Aren't you going to go shopping at the market together?"

John just nodded wordlessly.

"This child, he hasn't woken up yet! It's too shameful to say anything, he should pick up other girls. The brat is just lazy!"

The fat old lady swung the stick to John's ass, making a loud bang.

Elena covered her mouth and grinned.

Of course, John didn't forget today's invitation, but after thinking about it, he refused because he didn't have a female companion when he planned to pick her up in the servant's room. He didn't expect Elena to come directly to his home.

Although it was no secret that he was the son of a baker's family, and everyone who lived nearby knew it, it was a bit too bold.

John looked at Elena, then at his mother, and swallowed the words of refusal, he couldn't say it in front of his mother.

"Still procrastinating, what time do you want to come back?"

Elena blushed and said nothing.The fat mother glanced at her and then at her son, and suddenly laughed loudly.

"It doesn't matter if you come back later, when it gets dark, you must escort the girl home safely!"

In order to prevent his mother from saying more inappropriate words, John hurriedly tidied up and dragged Elena towards the city gate.

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